Date: Tue, 13 Oct 98 16:55:02 -0400
From: NGLTF
Subject: Advisory: Release of Report on ExGay Movement
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NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE
MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Tracey Conaty, Communications Director
tconaty@ngltf.org
202-332-6483 x3303
800-757-6476 pager
2320 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
http://www.ngltf.org
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Under the guise of compassion, the Christian Right is
intensifying its anti-gay campaign at a time when hate crimes
against lesbians and gay men -- like the fatal assault on 22 year
old Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard -- remain pervasive,
a new study shows.
The report, "Calculated Compassion: How the Ex-Gay Movement Serves
the Right's Attack on Democracy," documents for the first time that
groups like the Family Research Council and Christian Coalition are
promoting the bogus notion that people can be "converted" to
heterosexuality as camouflage for a new effort to strip lesbians and
gay men of their basic civil rights.
The report will be issued on Thursday, October 15. It is a
collaboration of three organizations representing distinct
perspectives on the subject: Political Research Associates, a Boston-
based independent research center that studies anti-democratic
movements; the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a leading civil
rights organization; and Equal Partners in Faith, a national network
of religious leaders.
Representatives of the three organizations and others will hold a
press conference to detail the reportís findings at 11 am on October 15,
at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC. Copies of the report and other information will be
available there.
For more information, or to schedule interviews, contact:
Colleen O'Connor, Equal Partners in Faith, (202) 296-4672 ext.14.
Tracey Conaty, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force,
(202) 332-6483 ext. 3303 or by pager at (800) 757-6476
Surina Khan, Political Research Associates, (617) 661-9313
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Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force works to eliminate prejudice, violence and injustice against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people at the local, state and national level. As part of a broader social justice movement for freedom, justice and equality, NGLTF is creating a world that respects and celebrates the diversity of human expression and identity where all people may fully participate in society.
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